Maurice Bénichou

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-01-23 (76 years old)

Deathday

2019-06-14

Place of Birth

Tlemcen, Algeria

Maurice Bénichou

Biography

Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup, and Caché), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata. Source: Article "Maurice Bénichou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting

2001

Amélie

as Dominique Bretodeau

2005

Caché

as Majid

2008

The Great Alibi

as Commandant Grange

2000

1981

Instinct de femme

as Rat speaker

2008

Paris

as Le Psy

1979

I... For Icarus

as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

2009

Every Jack Has a Jill

as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard

2008

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

as L'agent d'Alex Fayard

2007

The Candidate

as maxime

2004

2011

Omar Killed Me

as Maître Jacques Vergès

2009

Great life

as Kowalski

2011

The Rabbi's Cat

as Rabbi (voice)

2002

1993

À la Mode

as Lucien

2008

2005

The Passenger

as Joseph

2011

If You Die, I'll Kill You

as L'employé de la morgue

1997

Mordbüro

as Léo Stoychev

1991

Cross My Heart

as The neighbour

2011

Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or

as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou

2007

Boxes

as Max

1982

La Cerisaie

as Yacha

1998

Man Is a Woman

as Rosalie's father

1978

Sale rêveur

as Taupin

1972

The French Calvinists

as Moïse Plantat

2010

La Tueuse

as Tarnowski

2000

Code Unknown

as The Old Arab

1994

1976

Little Marcel

as Garcia

1973

Marriage a la Mode

as Leporello

2003

Time of the Wolf

as M. Azoulay

1978

1976

1977

The Question

as Vincent

1981

Le jardinier

as The overseer

1990

The Mahabharata

as Kitchaka

1974

Cadoudal

as Savary

Production

1982

La Cerisaie

as Co-Director

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